Taught successfully for over forty years, the Ben'Ary technique grew out of experiences with students of different age groups and skill levels, with different learning rates and needs.
Even though this book is old, there are directions on how to set your typewriter and mentions that data processing units are much faster than typewriters. All that aside, this book is used this book as a way to practice for your keyboarding class. Your typing speed will increase and you'll be happy that you can "touch type" instead of hunt and peck.